Which of the following is a reason the psychoanalytic perspective is no longer in the mainstream of child development research?
A) Many psychoanalytic ideas, such as ego functioning, are too vague to be tested empirically.
B) Psychoanalytic theorists accept the clinical method in which age-related averages are computed to represent typical development.
C) Modern researchers have demonstrated that personality development does not take place in stages.
D) Psychoanalytic theorists became isolated from the rest of the field because they failed to consider the early parent-child relationship.

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Many of the concepts in psychoanalytic theory are too abstract and subjective to be tested empirically. This has led many contemporary researchers to dismiss psychoanalytic theories as unscientific.

Which of the Following Is a Reason the Psychoanalytic Perspective